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Farming & the land, 1886

2,201 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 111

Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1886 · page 8

The following stock movements are reported:—50 fat cattle, from Bungowannah Park, for Melbourne, J. Grieve, owner; 2000 mixed wethers, from Camboorne, for Albury market, J. Shelley, owner; 135 fat sheep, from…

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New England Farmers. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 February 1886 · page 6

Sir,--The mutter of empty tracks and farmers' produce appears to be agitating the minds of some of our politicians at the present time. According to the statements made by a…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Friday 19 February 1886 · page 4

LONDON, February 18.—Australian wheat (February-March shipments) is quoted at 35s per quarter…

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Price of Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1886 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--February-March wheat is quoted at 35s…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1886 · page 8

The following stock movements are reported: 580 mixed sheep. from Goombargona for Brookong—Mr. Bond, owner; 6OO merino wethers, from Albury for Dora Dors— J. Stewart, owner: 1500 merino wethers, from Bowns for…

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The Wheat Harvest in South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1886 · page 8

The harvest returns collected by the Register show that about 1,950,000 acres were sown for wheat, being 7000 acres more than in the preceding season. Of this quantity 320,000 acres were not reaped—that is to…

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Pastoral Intelligence

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 377

Our Wyalong correspondent writes on February 15:—"Weather extremely dry; no rain for the last fortnight, and grass becoming scarce. Mr. Donkin, of Mandemah, sold 5000 wethers yesterday at a fair figure."…

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Latest Pastoral

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 42

GUNNEDAH, Thursday.—Messrs. F. Bacon and Co. report:—The weather is hot and dry. Feed is disappearing and [?] is badly needed. The sheep demand is hardly so firm; cattle sell readily at good pricss. Fat stock of prime…

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Preserving Butter

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 377

The Detroit Free Press has the following:—"This is an accident recipe and gives butter a far superior taste to any other method; to persons whose means permit them to buy their provisions Wholesale it is invaluable. Take 121b, of good…

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Stall-fed Sheep

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 375

Our remarks under this heading on the 30th ultimo, which were courteously replied to by Mr. R. W. Franks in our last issue, are this week adverted to by our Deniliquin correspondent in the following terms:—"An article…

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Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 11

LONDON, February 13.—The January-February series of colonial wool sales closed to-day. Competition was without spirit, and prices showed an average decline of from ½d to ld on the December…

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The Pastoral Situation in Queensland

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 22

In their annual summary of pastoral affairs, Messrs. B. D. Morehead, of Brisbane, go straight to the causes of depression:— The severe season of 1884 was followed by another year during which the drought…

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Cattle Disease in South Australia. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday.--A report has been received by the Chief Inspector o£ Stock that a number of bullocks near the Hundred of Schomberg are suffering from…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Out Own Correspondents.) Carcoah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 14

The following stock movements are reported:—[?] mixed sheep, Athol to Yulundry, via Molong, It, [?] inn., owner; 600 store ewes, Tuens to [?] M'Kenzie owner. Owing to the present dry weather, is…

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Stall-fed Sheep. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 378

Sir,—I notice an article in the Sydney Mail of 30th Ultimo headed "Stall-fed Sheep," which is not by any means confined to the subject of its heading, and contains remarks that are not in accordance with facts, and liable to…

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The Grazier. British Imports of Wool. 61, Moorgate-street, London, December 31, 1885

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 22

The total import of colonial wool into this, the central market, during the past year has been 1,207,410 bales, as against 1,285,741 halos in the previous year; the direct shipments from the colonies…

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A Future for the English Farmer

Globe · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 5

Let the farmers of England once realise the fact that they can make better cheese and butter, and rear finer cattle, than any country under the sun, and that they can…

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Ensilage for Dairy Stock

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 375

At the annual dinner of the Kiama Agricultural Society last week, many of the speakers expressed themselves as favourable to a trial of the system of ensilage on the South Coast dairy farms. The coast…

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Railway Rates on Farm Produce

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 377

On the 12th instant a deputation, representing the northern districts, waited on the Minister for Works to ask him to take into consideration the question of reduction of rates of railway carriage on grain and other farm produce…

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Dairying on the South Coast

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 20 February 1886 · page 376

At the judges' dinner held in connection with the Kiama show, Mr. D. L. Dymock, president of the Kiama association, read the following address:—Gentlemen and Members of the Kiama Agricultural Association,—The test…

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